frustratedearthmother
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Beer basted ANYTHING is good! Along as there is enough for the cook, lol!
Feeder Pigs
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I should have specified that the ratio is 1 beer for the master chef, then a beer poured over the lamb, then when the master chef consumes the beer it is time for another 1/4 turn of the lamb and another basting of the lamb, then another beer for the master chef ... etc. untill the entire lamb, pig, goat , etc. or parts thereof is done.
By that time, of course the master chef is "done" too! LOL- Thread starter
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Baymule
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Friday is go to slaughter day for the pigs. I can't say that I'll miss them. I am ready to reclaim my garden. Hopefully the pigs have improved the garden soil (if you ignore the DEEP and BIG holes they rooted) 
I hope the pine shaving mulch, 2 trailer loads of leaves/pine straw, bags of leaves and pig poop has helped out the sandy soil. Maybe I stand a chance of not only having a better garden this year, but having a garden at all.
Friends have told me that when it came time to load their pigs, they chased and wrestled the pigs into the trailer. Sometimes the pigs chased them back!
The idea of a pig rodeo really didn't appeal to me--I could see myself as the loser in a contest with 3 big pigs. So being the brilliant person I am, I came up with a better way.
This morning our friend and neighbor Russell came over with Cooper, his 7 year old son. We hitched the trailer to his tractor, then I lured the pigs to the far corner with pecans. Russell got the tractor to the gate, Cooper opened the gate and Russell backed the trailer in. We unhitched the trailer, Russell drove the tractor out and Cooper shut the gate. Then we proceeded to fence the trailer off from the pigs. The pigs will chew wires, tires, lights or anything else they can get to. Cooper stayed safely outside and shook a paper feed sack at the pigs when they came too close.
Russell said that it might take a few days for the pigs to go in the trailer, but I didn't think so. Sure enough, one of them got in the trailer to snoop around. I moved their water and feed containers in the trailer, if they want to eat and drink, the trailer is the place to find it. The way I see it, why chase them, just let them load themselves. A day or two before Friday, I'll lure them in the trailer with something stinky and then just close the end gate.
@Devonviolet are you ready for some bacon??
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I hope the pine shaving mulch, 2 trailer loads of leaves/pine straw, bags of leaves and pig poop has helped out the sandy soil. Maybe I stand a chance of not only having a better garden this year, but having a garden at all.Friends have told me that when it came time to load their pigs, they chased and wrestled the pigs into the trailer. Sometimes the pigs chased them back!
The idea of a pig rodeo really didn't appeal to me--I could see myself as the loser in a contest with 3 big pigs. So being the brilliant person I am, I came up with a better way.This morning our friend and neighbor Russell came over with Cooper, his 7 year old son. We hitched the trailer to his tractor, then I lured the pigs to the far corner with pecans. Russell got the tractor to the gate, Cooper opened the gate and Russell backed the trailer in. We unhitched the trailer, Russell drove the tractor out and Cooper shut the gate. Then we proceeded to fence the trailer off from the pigs. The pigs will chew wires, tires, lights or anything else they can get to. Cooper stayed safely outside and shook a paper feed sack at the pigs when they came too close.
Russell said that it might take a few days for the pigs to go in the trailer, but I didn't think so. Sure enough, one of them got in the trailer to snoop around. I moved their water and feed containers in the trailer, if they want to eat and drink, the trailer is the place to find it. The way I see it, why chase them, just let them load themselves. A day or two before Friday, I'll lure them in the trailer with something stinky and then just close the end gate.
@Devonviolet are you ready for some bacon??
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My but your back yard looks green! I hope enough nutrients have been added to your garden soil to make for a copious harvest! The soil does look pretty good in the picture, of course you can't see it up close. Coincidence but I just stuck a pork shoulder in the oven Love me some roast pork! Guess you'll be enjoying some right shortly. Do you have an idea of how much they weigh now? Will be interesting to know live weight vs processed weight. Good luck with the butcher!
My but your back yard looks green! I hope enough nutrients have been added to your garden soil to make for a copious harvest! The soil does look pretty good in the picture, of course you can't see it up close. Coincidence but I just stuck a pork shoulder in the oven
Love me some roast pork! Guess you'll be enjoying some right shortly. Do you have an idea of how much they weigh now? Will be interesting to know live weight vs processed weight. Good luck with the butcher!
goatgurl
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bay, my pigs and steer and even the sheep and ds#1's wild meat buck were so greedy that I just climbed into the trailer with a can of feed and they would just followed me in. I left the front escape door unlocked, walked in, put the feed in a fortex tub and stepped on out the front door as ds#1 was locking the back door. worked like a charm. greed gets 'em every time. they are looking nice. will be interested in what their weight is. pork chops here you come!
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Baymule
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Not only do the pigs just hop up in the trailer, I have to squirt them in the face with the water hose to run them back out so I can go in the side door to feed them. I have no idea what they weigh. wish I did.
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Baymule
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Pigs. Are. Loaded. In. Trailer.
I gave them a pan of corn with yummies on it and they just hopped in the trailer and chowed down. Slam goes the back gate and locked down. Our neighbor Robert came over and helped me hook up the trailer and truck and trailer are ready to go in the morning.
Then we hooked the Hawg Hut to Marigold and I pulled it out of the pig pen/garden. I parked it nearby and will wash it down good later. We hooked the disc up and I played in the dirt. I disced for a couple of hours. BIG HOLES!! I went down in a hole and sometimes two wheels would be spinning in the air! It needs a good rain now to settle it down so I can disc it again.
I have concluded I am brilliant for raising pigs in the winter. NO FLIES. NO SMELL. Since it has started to warm up, the smell has wafted towards the house. A few flies made their presence known. I couldn't have timed it better.
I gave them a pan of corn with yummies on it and they just hopped in the trailer and chowed down. Slam goes the back gate and locked down. Our neighbor Robert came over and helped me hook up the trailer and truck and trailer are ready to go in the morning.
Then we hooked the Hawg Hut to Marigold and I pulled it out of the pig pen/garden. I parked it nearby and will wash it down good later. We hooked the disc up and I played in the dirt. I disced for a couple of hours. BIG HOLES!! I went down in a hole and sometimes two wheels would be spinning in the air! It needs a good rain now to settle it down so I can disc it again.
I have concluded I am brilliant for raising pigs in the winter. NO FLIES. NO SMELL. Since it has started to warm up, the smell has wafted towards the house. A few flies made their presence known. I couldn't have timed it better.
